Lets slow down over Sergey Kovalev

[Fetta]

Flavor of the month..... Lol yeah he was a flavor of the month 4 times last year then. He didn't just come out of the blue after beating Sillalh, he established himself as a legitimate fighter in January of last year when he fought Campillo.

If it was up to you...... Only 2 or 3 fighters could be talked about on NSB

Thats fine if you think that but just like Ruslan, GGG, Trout ,and Lucas, Kov is being pushed hard. He is good but the pedestal some of you put him on is out of control. Everyone is afraid and he will destroy everyone. Come on give it time at least. Trout stepped up and got beat down, Lucas stepped up and got beat down. The others we are still waiting for the step up

[KingTito]

We still need to see more, but the potential is there. It's the natural hype the surrounds a devastating puncher.

[King_]

At least Stevenson beat Dawson and Cloud and has the lineal LHW championship.

What's cloud have to do with anything? Kovalev beat Campillo and Campillo beat Cloud too.

Adonis is the lineal champ. But that doesn't make Kovalev the next hype job just because he wasn't lucky enough to get Dawson that night

[bojangles1987]

At least Stevenson beat Dawson and Cloud and has the lineal LHW championship.

Why mention Cloud? Kovalev has beaten better than Cloud.

[King_]

Thats fine if you think that but just like Ruslan, GGG, Trout ,and Lucas, Kov is being pushed hard. He is good but the pedestal some of you put him on is out of control. Everyone is afraid and he will destroy everyone. Come on give it time at least. Trout stepped up and got beat down, Lucas stepped up and got beat down. The others we are still waiting for the step up

I mean where else can he go from here.... The only guys ahead of him are Stevenson and Ward if he moves up. What are we supposed to do? Call for him to defend his title against journeymen to "build his name?" He earned the position he is in right now. There's no reason he shouldn't be talked about.

[DannYankee]

Just another gimmick of boxing like we've seen many lately they eventually crack and fade away and forgotten nobody remembers "Hits hard" Makes for a lot of hype but most of the time that is it.

[King_]

Just another gimmick of boxing like we've seen many lately they eventually crack and fade away and forgotten nobody remembers "Hits hard" Makes for a lot of hype but most of the time that is it.

Why aren't Gamboa or Lara gimmicks? I would love to hear this

[Citizen Koba]

Thats fine if you think that but just like Ruslan, GGG, Trout ,and Lucas, Kov is being pushed hard. He is good but the pedestal some of you put him on is out of control. Everyone is afraid and he will destroy everyone. Come on give it time at least. Trout stepped up and got beat down, Lucas stepped up and got beat down. The others we are still waiting for the step up

C'mon it's the same as with every exciting new fighter, most fans acknowledge there's stuff still to do, and there's only a few saying he walks through Ward, walks through BHop etc. And those are the guys who ain't gonna 'slow down' anyway.

Kovalevs achievements are incredibly impressive (as are Stevensons) - coming out of almost nowhere in the space of 12 months and tearing through the LHW order. Arguably, for those who are interested in the higher weight divisions Kovalevs had just as impressive a year as Stevenson, despite Stevenson having collected the better known US scalps.

Surely there's nothing wrong with getting excited over a breakout fighter who's gone from being a barely recognised up and comer to one of the top names in the division by means of 4 brutal KOs in the space of 12 months?

I can't understand why this this kind of excitement around a fighter troubles people...what does it matter? If you don't buy it, fair enough - but getting excited over prospects is always going to be part of being a boxing fan.

Would you have been saying the same things to fans of Ward or Floyd when they saw promise in those fighters before they 'stepped up'?

[King_]

The hate some guys get on here is ridiculous!

Do people truly believe that a boxer who just so happens to have power is going to eventually get "exposed" and disappear forever? What's going to happen if god forbid, one of them don't? Do we just pretend like they don't exist?

[bojangles1987]

Just another gimmick of boxing like we've seen many lately they eventually crack and fade away and forgotten nobody remembers "Hits hard" Makes for a lot of hype but most of the time that is it.

Thing is, Kovalev has earned this recognition more than Lucas, or especially Golovkin, which is funny since he gets less attention than they did and do. Kovalev went ignored until he started obliterating real contenders in his division. Lucas had a couple fights most people thought he should have received a decision for, and one impressive KO. Golovkin has one impressive KO over a decent contender. Kovalev has destructive KOs over a should have been champion and a champion. Guys can't even get past the 3rd round with their senses intact.